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Show TEARS IN EYES OF 'UNCLE JOE' CANNON WASHINGTON, May 9 Tears came to the eyes of "Uncle Joe" Cannon in the house Monday as members referring refer-ring to his eighty-sixth birthday Sunday, Sun-day, told of the regret occasioned In cungi-ess by hl retirement next March. Representative Mondell. the Republican Repub-lican leader, said that while Mr. Cannon Can-non would not be In the house personally person-ally after that time, "he will be With us In spirit and In the embodiment or that splendid Influence he so lomr everted ev-erted In this body and the country." Crouched down In his seat and tak-inK tak-inK no part In the brief ceremony. "Uncle Joe" smiled Just once when Representative Garrett. Tennessee, the I leinoeratie leader, declared the entire membership regretted his decision to retire from tin ionise. "m bloom of his youth " Representative Alice Robertson. Republican, Re-publican, Oklahoma, objected to a reference to "Uncle Joe" as an old man and expressed the hone that "Uncle, "Un-cle, .loe" might be willing to run again after a rest of two years. |